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A British man held hostage in Iraq for more than two-and-a-half years has been freed. Computer expert Peter Moore, 36, was seized along with his four British bodyguards at the finance ministry in Baghdad on May 29, 2007.
Fears for his safety grew after the bodies of three of the security guards - Jason Swindlehurst, Jason Creswell and Alec MacLachlan - were handed over to the UK authorities. The body of the fourth security guard, Alan McMenemy, is still missing.
It is not clear what deal led to Mr Moore's release, or who was responsible for securing the deal. Foreign Secretary David Miliband denied any direct deal had been done.
He said: 'The British Government does not make substantive concessions to hostage takers, anywhere and any place, and there was no such substantive concession in this case.'
Mr Moore's father Graeme has previously accused the Foreign Office of failing his son. Mr Miliband confirmed that Mr Moore had been freed after an 'unspeakable' ordeal.
'He was freed by his captors this morning and released to the Iraqi authorities,' he said at the Foreign Office in London today.
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